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package org.turistmontoro;
import java.io.IOException;
 
import sun.misc.BASE64Encoder;
import sun.misc.BASE64Decoder;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 
public class ImagenConverter {
 
    // Decode string to image
    public static BufferedImage decodeToImage(String imageString) {
 
        BufferedImage image = null;
        byte[] imageByte;
        try {
            BASE64Decoder decoder = new BASE64Decoder();
            imageByte = decoder.decodeBuffer(imageString);
            ByteArrayInputStream bis = new ByteArrayInputStream(imageByte);
            image = ImageIO.read(bis);
            bis.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return image;
    }
 
    // Encode image to string
    public static String encodeToString(BufferedImage image, String type) {
        String imageString = null;
        ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 
        try {
            ImageIO.write(image, type, bos);
            byte[] imageBytes = bos.toByteArray();
 
            BASE64Encoder encoder = new BASE64Encoder();
            imageString = encoder.encode(imageBytes);
 
            bos.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return imageString;
    }
 
    // Test jpeg image to string and string to jpeg image
//    public static void main (String args[]) throws IOException {
//        BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(new File("thinkIT.jpeg"));
//        BufferedImage newImg;
//        String imgstr;
//        imgstr = encodeToString(img, "jpeg");
//        System.out.println(imgstr);
//        newImg = decodeToImage(imgstr);
//        ImageIO.write(newImg, "jpeg", new File("CopyOfthinkIT.jpeg"));
//    }
}